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It is well-known that there is plenty of disparate evidence and conflicting traditional information as well as a plethora of controversy amongst scholars! about the dates of the Nirvana of Buddha and Mahavira. Muni Shri Nagrajji has surveyed, in this respect, all the accessible material and different traditions, specifying duly the sources etc. and his conclusion that Mahavira attained Nirvana in 527 B.C. and Buddha in 502 B.C. seems to be quite consistent in itself.... In fine, this work has become a veritable repository ofuseful information on Mahavira and Buddha, their times and doctrines. -Dr. A.N. Upadhye, M.A., D. Litt. Dean of the Faculty of Arts
Kolhapur University
डा. मुनिश्री नगराजजी से हमारी अपेक्षा यह है कि वे अपना सामर्थ्य इस ओर लगाये कि आगमों में कौन-कौन से ग्रन्थ का क्या-क्या काल हो सकता है ? यह उनके सामर्थ्य की बात है; क्योंकि वे आगम और त्रिपिटक के निष्णातक रूप में हमारे आदर के पात्र हैं ।
-दलसुख मालवणिया
The versatile Dr. Nagrajji has cited a number of contextual quotations and sayings from the Agamas and Pitakas and their relevant literature. And we notice that both have such an astoundingly remarkable similitude. harmonical balance and phonetic-sameness that we oft wonder that, in both the places, whether the holy words emerged out from the mouth of one and the same personage!
-Dr.T.G. Kalghatgi, M.A., PH.D. Prof. & Head, Dept. of Jainology
University of Madras
Jain Education International 2010_05
